Brain Power Smoothie (Blueberry Avocado Smoothie)

Easy2 mins

This Brain Power Smoothie (a.k.a. blueberry avocado smoothie) recipe is packed with delicious ingredients that are great for brain health. Plus, it only takes minutes to make!

Healthy eating month continues on Gimme Some Oven today with a smoothie I’ve been hooked on lately. It’s basically a blueberry avocado smoothie recipe, but I like to call it my brain power smoothie because it’s chocked full of tasty ingredients that are good for brain health.

And let’s be real — I’m a total nerd, so anything smart and brainy sounds good to me.

Speaking of being nerdy, I’m not quite sure why this came to mind, but have I ever told you the story on here about me winning my 4th grade spelling bee? Oh yeah, I rocked it at my elementary school with the word “a-u-t-u-m-n, autumn”. So I was sent to the regional spelling bee to represent the school, but unfortunately I got eliminated on the first round. My word? (Now please picture a packed auditorium full of parents and students with an awkward old man very dryly reading the words.)

Cleavage.

(And yes, I asked for the definition.)

I think that may have been the most “scandalous” moment that spelling bee crowd had seen in years. But thanks to that darned “a”, my spelling bee career didn’t go much farther. At least I learned a new definition about “splits in rock formations”. :)

But I digress…

So whether you’re also into spelling bees, or (like me nowadays) would just like help remember where on earth you laid your keys, this brain power smoothie is here to help. It’s super tasty and sweet, it’s easy to make, and it’s oh-so-good for you.

The 6 “brain health” ingredients you need are:

blueberries

avocado

banana

chia seeds

pomegranate juice

ice

Just google ’em. They are all fantastic “food for thought”. :)

And making this banana avocado smoothie couldn’t be easier. Simply add everything to a blender…

…and blend until it’s nice and smooth.

Then dive into that yummy berry flavor and just feel yourself getting smarter. S-M-A-R-T-E-R, smarter. :)

I am all about smoothies for breakfast. This one looks and sounds amazing. Filled with some of my favorite things, I know I would adore it. Of course, the brain boost would be much appreciated as well.

Hi! I found this page through a friend’s Pinterest and was wondering if you could answer a question for me. What would be a good replacement for the banana? It seems that every smoothie recipe I come across is full of bananas and they just aren’t my thing (that’s actually quite an understatement, lol). Thanks in advance for your help! :)

1) You story just made my day!
2) I JUST discovered the ah-may-zing-ness that is pomegranates. Those babies make my eyes and my tummy happy!
3) I have always wanted to try avocado in my smoothies as I have heard that it makes them creamy dreamy smooth.
Trying this! Pinned!

Oh Ali…what a great story. I consider myself to be good at spelling, but I would have been mortified as a 4th grader to get that word! And now somehow, I’m forever going to connect smoothies with cleavage! My new year’s resolution is to actually eat breakfast. It’s the one meal I neglect. But smoothies like this are going to help me out greatly! This one looks fabulous!(Going to start bookmarking the other smoothies, too!) Happy New Year!

Oh lord, who would include “cleavage” in a spelling bee? I remember winning my elementary school spelling bee with the word “sandwich”. It had been spelling incorrectly by two people before me, and when I won, my classmates cheered and lifted me up like I was a rock star or something. What excitement for a seven-year-old!

I just so happened to pick up pomegranate juice on a whim at the supermarket this week – I’ll have to give this smoothie a try. :)

Teeheehee!! Cleavage! Hysterical, Ali! :) I was a co-winner of our high school (yes, high school…how embarrassing) spelling bee, but only because the other winner and I both kept spelling the words wrong, so the spelling bee had to keep going until one of us spelled something right. It never happened, so they finally decided to call it a tie. It was the longest spelling bee ever and the rest of the school pretty much hated us for keeping them bored in the auditorium for so long. LOL!

So, maybe I should’ve had one of these brain power smoothies that day and I would’ve been the SOLE winner. ;)

Just made this – or a variation of this. I didn’t have any ice so I used mixed frozen berries instead. And I didn’t have any juice so I used rice milk… SO good. And SO creamy. Thank you for a gorgeous recipe!!!

instead of berry juice can I use something like Knudsen organic pear juice, because almost all other juices have added sugar and I only want naturally occurring sugars from the whole fruit which Knudsen pear juice is.( pressed whole pears)

Omg! I just made this and can’t believe how delicious it is! I absolutely hate avocados and have been trying to find ways of getting them into my diet because of how healthy they are. I always taste them in whatever I mix them with but this was delicious, creamy, and couldn’t taste it at all. Thanks for the awesome recipe :)

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